What’s one mistake you made early as a writer that you wish you avoided?
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One?
And well, I'm pretty sure I'm still making mistakes. As long as I don't recognize them, I can't really do anything about them - if I knew, I wouldn't repeat them. That's life.
But I guess my first story was a fanfiction an there were quite a few things in there that want to make me jump off a bridge by today's standards indeed.
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the first lesson I learned? Hm.
write the first chapter.
Then, write the ending or at least big fight finish chapter.
Now, you know where you're going to.
you have a beginning and a destination, you can now work out the path to get there.
it helps prevent the "meandering pointless middle" part,
that in some novels goes on forever.
write the first chapter.
Then, write the ending or at least big fight finish chapter.
Now, you know where you're going to.
you have a beginning and a destination, you can now work out the path to get there.
it helps prevent the "meandering pointless middle" part,
that in some novels goes on forever.